Research Technician

7:30 AM - 4:30 PM. Some flexibility available in weekday hours, but selected candidate
must be available to work full days on Saturday and Sunday every other
weekend.

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute (NRI) is a world-renowned center and a global leader in precision nutrition research. Our on-site facilities include multiple wet labs and clinical facilities as well as a vivarium and a metabolic chamber. Approximately two hours from UNC-Chapel Hill, the NRI is located on the beautiful North Carolina Research Campus (NCRC) in Kannapolis, NC, a mid-size city with a small-town feel. The institute is within walking distance of the city center which includes shops, restaurants, a minor-league ballpark, theater, and music hall of fame. We are also a short drive to Charlotte and Winston-Salem/Greensboro. The NRI offers programs that support a healthy work/life balance. We also offer professional training opportunities for career growth, skill development, and lifelong learning.

Learning how people can eat uniquely!

The UNC Nutrition Research Institute ( NRI) is an internationally recognized center conducting innovative basic and translational science to establish how individual differences in nutrient requirements and responses to diet affect our nutritional needs. Our research contributes to the prevention and mitigation of chronic disease across the lifespan from periconception through aging.

Our Mission is to lead precision nutrition research through understanding how genetics and environment affect an individual's requirements for and responses to nutrients.

NRI principal investigators hold faculty appointments in the departments of Nutrition and Psychology at UNC Chapel Hill. Their research interrogates nutrient roles in disease prevention, disease risk factors, and the impact of gene-environment and gene-nutrient interactions.

The NRI promotes excellence in nutrition knowledge, teaching, and research. We seek and encourage a diversity of experiences and ideas and provide the tools and flexibility for all employees to achieve success and excellence within their chosen occupations and aspirations.

We are committed to open dialogue, careful listening, becoming educated about the systems that hinder or prevent success, and taking action to ensure that all are equally acknowledged for their contributions and equally reap the benefits of being part of our community.

Our Vision is to use scientific discovery to ensure optimal health through individualized nutrition.

Everyone who works at the NRI supports this hopeful vision. Working at the NRI means doing good for the world. Join us!

The NRI and this position are in Kannapolis, NC, in the Charlotte region.

Research Technician-Smith Lab
Nutrition Research Institute
**Please note that this position is located on the NC Research Campus in Kannapolis, NC, appx 2 hours from Chapel Hill.

Research technician needed to conduct scientific research on zebrafish, mice and cell culture. Zebrafish experiments would be mainly animal husbandry. Mice experiments would include but not be limited to: plug checks, food weighing, euthanasia, blood and tissue collection. Laboratory experiments would include protein and nucleic acid isolation and analysis. This would include but not be limited to western blots, PCR, qPCR and immunohistochemistry. In addition to conducting experiments, the technician will meet with the supervisor regularly to develop plans to achieve specific experimental goals, discuss experimental results, and make recommendations.

Demonstrated possession of the competencies necessary to perform the work.

The ideal candidate must be detailed-oriented; reliable and trustworthy; must be able to exercise independent judgment in performing experiments and troubleshooting lab procedures; must exercise empathy; and be comfortable working with mice and zebrafish.
Must be able to work on Saturday and Sunday approximately every other weekend.

Student working toward such a degree in a discipline related to the area of assignment.

Ability to move up to10kg of food bags and cages with or without reasonable accommodation.
This position is physically demanding, requiring the employee to work on their feet for 6 hours or more per day. Duties to be performed with or without reasonable accommodation.

If you experience any problems accessing the system or have questions about the application process, please contact the Office of Human Resources at (919) 843-2300 or send an email to employment@unc.edu

Please note: The Office of Human Resources will not be able to provide specific updates regarding position or application status.

The University is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes all to apply without regard to age, color, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, or sexual orientation. We encourage all qualified applicants to apply, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.